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PLANTS AND MAN 



is about four inches in length and blooms for a single night. 

 These tree cacti are abundant in southern Arizona where an 

 extensive forest of them is preserved in the Sahuaro National 

 Monument. 



The Mallow Family 



Unlike many of the preceding families, the Mallow Family 

 {Malvaceae) is predominately a warm temperate and tropical 

 group. Members of the family usually have lobed leaves and large 

 showy flowers with five partly-fused sepals and five large petals 



A B C 



Fig. 273. — In the Mallow Family are found poppy mallows (A), musk mallows 

 (B) and rose mallows (C). 



(fig. 273). The dwarf mallow, with trailing stems and pale 

 lavender flowers, is found throughout eastern and western United 

 States. Also found throughout the country is the muskm allow 

 with its deeply lobed leaves and rose or white flowers. Numerous 

 species of false mallows with yellow or orange flowers occur in 

 the Gulf region. The poppy mallows, with deep purple flowers, 

 grow in our southeastern woodlands as well as in the prairies. 

 The GLOBE MALLOWS or WILD HOLLYHOCKS, with pink or red 

 flowers, are found in our midwestern and Pacific coast states. 

 The most striking flowers of the family are in the rose mallow^s 



